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Jeremy Shamos (born February 22, 1970)[1] is an American actor.

Key Information

Early life

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Shamos was born in New York City[2] but raised in Denver, Colorado.[3][4] He has a M.F.A. from New York University.[4]

Career

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Shamos is an Obie Award-winning, Tony Award-nominated actor based in Brooklyn, New York. His most notable roles in film and television include Dickie Glenroy on Only Murders in the Building, Craig Kettleman on Better Call Saul,[4][5] Johanes Karlsen on Nurse Jackie,[4][6] and Ralph in Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance).[4][7]

Shamos is also a stage actor, starring in productions including Stephen Sondheim's last musical Here We Are, Steve Martin's Meteor Shower,[8] Clybourne Park,[4] for which Shamos was nominated for a Tony Award,[9] Glengarry Glen Ross (with Al Pacino), The Qualms,[4] The Assembled Parties,[7] Dinner with Friends,[7] 100 Saints You Should Know,[2] and Elling.[4]

Personal life

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Shamos is married to actress Nina Hellman. They have two children, a daughter and a son.[citation needed]

Filmography

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Films

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Year Title Role Notes
1985 Kid Colter Justin Colter
2000 Clowns Tippit
2005 The Great New Wonderful Young Rabbi
2006 Intolerable Jeremy 'Snaps' Shamos Short
2007 Dedication Matthew
2009 Taking Woodstock Steve Cohen
2009 The Rebound Bill
2013 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Him Evangelist
2014 The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby: Them Evangelist
2014 Magic in the Moonlight George
2014 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Ralph
2016 No Pay, Nudity Veterinarian
2017 Breakable You Robert Gordon
2017 The Big Sick Bob Dalavan
2017 If I Forget Michael Fischer
2019 Bad Education Phill Metzger
2020 Ma Rainey's Black Bottom Irvin

Television

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Year Title Role Notes
2004 Hack Mark Redding Episode: "Double Exposure"
2005 Stella Editor Episode: "Novel"
2007 Damages Fiske's Associate 2 episodes
2008 Law & Order: Criminal Intent John Eckhardt Episode: "Please Note We Are No Longer Accepting Letters of Recommendation from Henry Kissinger"
2009 Fringe The Artist Episode: "Inner Child"
2009 Wainy Days Waiter Episode: "Jill"
2013 The Good Wife Karl Dolan Episode: "The Next Month"
2014 Unforgettable Adrian Proctor Episode: "Til Death"
2014 Law & Order: Special Victims Unit Roger Pierce Episode: "Downloaded Child"
2014 Elementary Dr. Paul Sutherland Episode: "The Man with the Twisted Lip"
2015 Happyish Moderator Episode: "Starring Samuel Beckett, Albert Camus and Alois Alzheimer"
2015 Nurse Jackie Johanes Karlsen 6 episodes
2015; 2022 Better Call Saul Craig Kettleman 5 episodes
2015 The Affair Jeremy Kramos Episode #2.1
2015 Limitless Andrew Epperly Episode: "Side Effects May Include…"
2016 Chicago P.D. Dr. Dean Reybold Episode: "Now I'm God"
2016 The Night Of Dermatologist Episode: "A Dark Crate"
2016 BrainDead FBI Director Louis Marchant Episode: "The Power of Euphemism: How Torture Became a Matter of Debate in American Politics"
2016 Bull Isaac Chambers Episode: "Just Tell the Truth"
2017 The Blacklist James Maddox Episode: "Lipet's Seafood Company (No. 111)"
2017 SMILF Craig Episode: "Half a Sheet Cake & a Blue-Raspberry Slushie"
2019 Blindspot Casey Marco Episode: "The One Where Jane Visits an Old Friend"
2019 Fosse/Verdon Joe Hardy Episode: "Me and My Baby"
2019 Instinct Dr. Wells Episode: "Grey Matter"
2019 Succession Mark Pierce Episode: "Tern Haven"
2019 Prodigal Son David Saverstein Episode: "Pied-A-Terre"
2019 Evil Dr. Phillip Lynch-Giles Episode: "Exorcism Part 2"
2020 The Undoing Principal Robert Connaver Miniseries
2021 New Amsterdam Niall Fincannon Episode: "Radical"
2022 The Handmaid's Tale Dr. Alan Landers Episode: "Together"
2023 Dead Ringers Joseph Miniseries
2023 Only Murders in the Building Dickie Glenroy 7 episodes
2023 The Gilded Age Mr. Gilbert 5 episodes

Awards and nominations

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Jeremy Shamos (born February 22, 1970) is an American actor recognized for his work across theater, film, and television, often portraying complex character roles with nuance and depth. Born in , , he was raised in , , and earned a degree from . Shamos has built a reputation as a reliable , earning critical acclaim for his stage performances and nominations from prestigious awards bodies. In theater, Shamos has appeared in numerous Broadway and Off-Broadway productions, with standout roles including Karl/Steve in Clybourne Park (2012), for which he received a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play, as well as nominations for the and Lucille Lortel Award. He also garnered an for his portrayal of Cheviot Hill in Engaged (2005) and Drama Desk Award nominations for If I Forget (2017) and Animals Out of Paper (2009). Other notable stage credits include Norm in (2017), Frederick Fellowes in (2016), and Jeff in The Assembled Parties (2013). Shamos transitioned prominently to screen acting in the 2010s, earning recognition for roles such as Craig Kettleman in the AMC series (2015–2016) and Ralph in the film Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014). His filmography includes the adaptation (2020), where he played Irvin, and more recent television appearances as Dickie Glenroy in (2023–2024) and Mr. Gilbert in The Gilded Age (2022–present), the latter earning him a 2024 Screen Actors Guild Award nomination for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series. Shamos continues to balance stage and screen work, contributing to acclaimed ensemble casts in both mediums.

Early life and education

Childhood

Jeremy Shamos was born on February 22, 1970, in , . His family soon relocated to , , where he was raised with his sister. The family, which is culturally Jewish, attended a local Reform synagogue, where Shamos participated in kindergarten, Sunday school, and Hebrew school. Shamos developed an early interest in performing arts during his childhood in Denver, appearing in his first school play in the fourth or fifth grade. He has recalled feeling at ease on stage from a young age, which sparked his longstanding aspiration to pursue acting.

Higher education

Shamos pursued his undergraduate studies at ’s Tisch School of the Arts, earning a (BFA) in Drama in 1992. Following graduation, he spent two years working in unpaid acting roles in , which motivated him to apply to graduate programs, recognizing that many professional actors held advanced degrees. He returned to NYU for graduate training, completing a (MFA) in from the Graduate Acting Program at Tisch in 1998. During his MFA studies, Shamos engaged in intensive classical training, including extensive work in Shakespearean roles, which helped him develop versatility and overcome self-doubt about . A pivotal experience was his casting as in a production of directed by Barry Edelstein in his final year, a challenging role that tested his interpretive skills and deepened his understanding of complex characters. Shamos also trained in under instructor Chris Bayes as part of his graduate curriculum, participating in a production that extended into post-graduation work and emphasized ensemble dynamics and physical expressiveness in performance. These experiences at NYU shaped his technique, fostering a in actors' ability to embody diverse roles regardless of personal background.

Theater career

Early and off-Broadway work

Shamos made his acting debut as a teenager in the 1985 adventure film Kid Colter, playing the lead role of Justin Colter, a boy navigating spies and wilderness survival in the Pacific Northwest. Following this early screen experience, he pursued formal training and pivoted to theater, earning an MFA in acting from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 1998, which provided the foundation for his professional stage career. Upon graduation, Shamos immersed himself in New York's vibrant but competitive theater scene, facing the challenges of low-paying gigs and financial instability that required support from his family. He quickly built experience through ensemble work in productions, including a role as the Roman Captain in Andrei Șerban's staging of Shakespeare's in and as Bartholomew in Terrence McNally's controversial Corpus Christi at , both in 1998. These early appearances, often in supporting capacities, helped establish him as a reliable adept at ensemble dynamics. Shortly after, he collaborated with fellow artists to form an experimental theater company, workshopping Anton Chekhov's The Three Sisters over an extended period, though the effort did not result in a mounted production. Shamos expanded into regional theater, earning the Connecticut Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Actor in a Play in 2001 for his performance as a member of the ensemble in William Luce's one-man show Baptiste: The Life of at Hartford Stage. This recognition highlighted his ability to carry intimate, character-driven narratives. A significant breakthrough came in 2004 with his performance as the bumbling Cheviot Hill in W.S. Gilbert's Engaged at Theatre for a New Audience, for which he won the for Distinguished Performance by an Actor. The role's comedic precision and his contributions to the ensemble's timing underscored his growing reputation in New York's nonprofit theater circuit, where he continued juggling multiple downtown productions to hone his craft. In 2008, Shamos appeared as Andy in Rajiv Joseph's Animals Out of Paper at Second Stage Theatre, earning a Drama Desk Award nomination for his performance.

Broadway and major productions

Shamos made his Broadway debut in the 2004 revival of The Rivals, playing Bob Acres in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production directed by Mark Brokaw. His performance contributed to the ensemble's comedic energy in Sheridan's classic, earning positive notices for his timing amid the farce. Building on his off-Broadway experience, which honed his ensemble skills, Shamos quickly established himself as a versatile supporting player on the Great White Way. In 2012, Shamos garnered critical acclaim and a Tony Award nomination for Best Featured Actor in a Play for his dual roles as the awkward, prejudiced neighbor Karl in Act 1 and the entitled son-in-law Steve in Act 2 of Bruce Norris's Pulitzer Prize-winning , directed by Pam MacKinnon at the . Critics praised his ability to infuse both characters with sharp, uncomfortable authenticity, highlighting his skill in navigating the play's racial tensions through subtle physicality and vocal shifts. The production, which ran for 328 performances, solidified Shamos's reputation for excelling in ensemble-driven dramas that demand layered emotional restraint. That same year, Shamos joined the Broadway revival of David Mamet's Glengarry Glen Ross at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, portraying the hesitant client James Lingk opposite Al Pacino's Ricky Roma in Daniel Sullivan's star-studded production. His understated depiction of Lingk's vulnerability amid the cutthroat salesmen's machinations added poignant contrast to the ensemble's intensity, with reviewers noting the cast's assured collective dynamic despite the revival's mixed overall reception. The limited run of 72 performances underscored Shamos's adeptness at supporting high-profile leads while carving out memorable character moments. Shamos returned to Broadway in 2017 as the anxious husband Norm in Steve Martin's comedy Meteor Shower, directed by Jerry Zaks at the Booth Theatre, alongside Amy Schumer and Laura Benanti. Though the play received varied reviews for its surreal humor, Shamos was commended for grounding his character's neuroses in relatable awkwardness, allowing comedy to emerge organically from behavioral authenticity even when the script faltered. His ensemble work emphasized his signature style as a character actor—reliable, nuanced, and often portraying everyman figures grappling with interpersonal absurdities—which has drawn consistent praise from critics for elevating group dynamics without overshadowing co-stars. Shamos also appeared as Jeff in Richard Nelson's The Assembled Parties (2013) at the and as Frederick Fellowes (Philip) in the 2016 Broadway revival of Michael Frayn's at the American Airlines Theatre, both showcasing his comedic timing in ensemble farces. In a major Off-Broadway production that achieved significant cultural impact, Shamos portrayed the plastic surgeon Paul in the 2023 world premiere of Stephen Sondheim's final musical Here We Are at The Shed's Griffin Theater, directed by with a book by . Inspired by Luis Buñuel's surreal films, the show featured Shamos in an all-star ensemble including and , where his performance as the snobbish yet trapped guest contributed to the production's inventive, beguiling puzzle-like quality. Critics lauded the cast's dreamlike cohesion, with Shamos's precise embodiment of bourgeois discomfort enhancing the musical's exploration of entrapment and absurdity during its extended run through January 2024. In 2025, Shamos participated in an invite-only reading of Jon Marans's new play The Cover Up at The Barrow Group, taking the role of in this Watergate-themed drama set during the 1973 hearings, co-starring and directed by Nina Goodheart. The developmental reading, featuring a cast including Steve Rosen and Rachel Ravel, highlighted Shamos's continued demand for authoritative historical characters in ensemble contexts. Throughout his Broadway career, Shamos has been celebrated as a quintessential whose off-kilter charm and precise emotional calibration thrive in ensemble settings, often playing inhibited or socially maladroit figures that expose human frailties. Reviewers frequently note his balance between leading-man appeal and character depth, as seen in roles that demand reactive subtlety amid larger-than-life co-stars, earning him a niche as one of New York's most dependable stage presences.

Film and television career

Film roles

Shamos made his film debut as a child in the 1985 adventure Kid Colter, portraying the young protagonist Justin Colter, a city boy who survives in the wilderness after being kidnapped by spies. This early role marked the beginning of his screen career, though he primarily focused on theater in the ensuing decades, gradually transitioning to minor parts in independent films before gaining prominence in more substantial supporting roles. His breakthrough in cinema came with the 2014 satirical drama Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance), where he played , a hapless Broadway actor whose inept performance during rehearsals exacerbates the production's chaos, contributing to the film's sharp commentary on theatrical egos and artistic desperation. As part of the , Shamos shared in the Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture, highlighting the collective impact of the performers in Alejandro González Iñárritu's innovative single-take-style narrative. This role drew on his extensive stage experience, allowing him to infuse with a naturalistic awkwardness that mirrored the vulnerabilities of live performance. Shamos continued to build his film presence with character-driven supporting parts in both independent and mainstream projects. In the 2017 The Big Sick, he portrayed Bob Dalavan, the pragmatic manager of comedian Emily Gardner (), whose grounded demeanor provides contrast to the cultural clashes at the story's heart, aiding the film's exploration of interracial relationships and family dynamics. Two years later, in the 2019 film Bad Education, Shamos appeared as Phil Metzger, the cautious superintendent navigating a school , delivering a performance that underscores the bureaucratic tensions and moral ambiguities in the true-story adaptation. His evolution reflects a shift from peripheral appearances to roles that amplify ensemble stories through subtle, relatable authority figures in independent cinema. In 2020, Shamos took on the role of Irvin, Ma Rainey's opportunistic white manager, in the adaptation of August Wilson's Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. His portrayal captures the character's nervous deference and exploitative pragmatism amid racial power imbalances in 1920s recording sessions, enhancing the film's tense depiction of Black artistic exploitation in early blues history. This performance further solidified his reputation for embodying complex, often unsympathetic intermediaries in socially charged narratives.

Television roles

Shamos gained prominence on television through his recurring role as Craig Kettleman, the bumbling lawyer and his wife, in the AMC series , appearing in five episodes across the first and sixth seasons from 2015 to 2022, where his portrayal added layers of comic ineptitude to the prequel's narrative of moral ambiguity. In 2015, he took on the recurring role of Johanes Karlsen, a smug Norwegian real estate developer, in six episodes of Showtime's final season of , contributing to the show's blend of dark humor and as the pressuring the hospital's staff. More recently, Shamos has appeared as Dickie Glenroy, the affable but oblivious producer brother in the Broadway-themed mystery, in eight episodes of Hulu's starting in its third season in 2023 and continuing into the fourth, enhancing the series' ensemble comedy with his deadpan delivery. He also joined the ensemble of HBO's The Gilded Age in 2023 as Mr. Gilbert, a financier working to open the new , appearing in five episodes of the second season to underscore the period drama's themes of economic intrigue and social climbing. Shamos has made notable guest appearances, including as Dr. Alan Landers, Serena Joy's unethical obstetrician, in season five of Hulu's in 2022, amplifying the dystopian series' exploration of reproductive control. In 2023, he portrayed Joseph, a supportive colleague, in the Prime Video limited series Dead Ringers, adding tension to its about twin gynecologists. Earlier guest spots include Jeremy Kramos, a tech executive, in The Affair in 2015, and Dr. Dean Reybold, a suspicious oncologist, in an episode of NBC's Chicago P.D. in 2016, showcasing his ability to pivot between and interpersonal conflict. Throughout these roles, Shamos demonstrates versatility across dramatic and comedic formats, often infusing characters with a mix of affability and underlying unease that suits both serialized arcs in prestige dramas like Better Call Saul and lighter ensemble dynamics in shows like Only Murders in the Building.

Awards and nominations

Theater honors

Shamos received the Obie Award for Outstanding Performance as Cheviot Hill in the off-Broadway production of Engaged at Theatre for a New Audience in 2005. His portrayal of Karl/Steve in the Pulitzer Prize-winning play on Broadway earned him a 2012 Tony Award nomination for Best Performance by an Actor in a Featured Role in a Play, as well as a Drama League nomination for Distinguished Performance. Shamos has been nominated twice for Drama Desk Awards for his off-Broadway performances, first in 2009 for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play as Andy in Animals Out of Paper at Signature Theatre, and again in 2017 for the same category as Michael in If I Forget at Laura Pels Theatre. In 2014, he won the Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Featured Actor in a Play for his role as Gabe in the off-Broadway revival of Dinner with Friends at Laura Pels Theatre.

Screen honors

Shamos earned recognition for his contributions to ensemble casts in television series. In 2024, he received a for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Drama Series for his portrayal of Mr. Gilbert in . That same year, he was nominated for Outstanding Performance by an Ensemble in a Series for his role as Dickie Glenroy in . These nominations highlight his supporting work in high-profile and productions, respectively. No individual screen awards or additional ensemble honors have been reported for Shamos as of 2025.

Personal life

Family

Shamos has been married to Nina Hellman since the early , and the couple remains together as of 2025. The pair have two children—a daughter and a son—whose names and birth years they keep private to maintain family privacy. Shamos and Hellman have collaborated professionally on several theater projects, including the 2018 Cape Cod production of Private Lives, where they portrayed a divorced couple, and the 2025 Nantucket Performing Arts Center staging of What the Constitution Means to Me. These joint endeavors highlight their shared artistic interests, which help balance the demands of their acting careers with family life.

Residence

Jeremy Shamos has maintained a long-term residence in , New York, since moving there with his family in 2008 from a apartment. This relocation allowed him to establish a stable base close to the city's theater district, facilitating his extensive work in Broadway and productions. In 2010, Shamos described living in the neighborhood (also known as ) as "by far my favorite place that I have ever lived in NYC," highlighting its community-oriented vibe where neighbors share weekend French toast and anticipate raising children together. He appreciated the area's blend of suburban dream and urban convenience, particularly the easy Q train commute to for nightly performances. This preference for Brooklyn's artistic and family-friendly enclaves has influenced his career choices, enabling a balance between professional commitments and personal life in a vibrant urban artist community. Shamos's ongoing ties to Brooklyn are evident in his board membership and active involvement with the Brooklyn Children's Theatre, where he supports accessible arts programs for local youth. His residence integrates with family life, including his wife and children, underscoring the neighborhood's role in sustaining both his personal stability and proximity to screen and stage opportunities in New York.

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